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Location:

Westminster,CO,USA

Member Since:

Nov 11, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finally started learning how to run in '09 after totally botching it up for the 14 years prior and dealing with chronic IT injury...have had zero IT band pain since fall of '09 and have run way more than ever before in my life...loving it.

PR's

Road Mile: 4:44 - Pearl St Mile August 2011 

2K: 6:32 - Uni HIll 2K 2011

3K: 10:07 - West end 3K 2011

5K - 16:53 - Turkey Leg 5K 2011

10K - 38:38 - Butte to Butte Eugene OR 2003 

Half - Never raced a half

Road Marathon - 2:57:19 - 11/12/2011 - solo.

Trail Marathon - 4:48 - Kings peak August 2011

55K - 4:59:54 - Moab red hot 55K 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be healthy, run injury-free, listen to my body.

Sub 16 min 5K

Sub 34 min 10K

Sub 2:40 Marathon

    2012 Tentative Schedule

  1.  Quicker Quaker 5K January
  2. Boston Marathon - April
  3. ??

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get stronger, faster and more fit as a runner and biker to allow for bigger adventures as the years go on.

Still be running in my 80's.  

Personal:

I'm married to Nan Kennard and she kicks my butt at running.  She has beat me handily in every race we have done together except for a downhill mile we did once.  She is my running inspiration.  I'd like to run a marathon with her someday and actually keep up.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 282.68
Cycling 2011 Lifetime Miles: 291.40
Altra Instinct July '10 Lifetime Miles: 637.35
Altra Instinct Sep '11 Lifetime Miles: 481.45
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 157.50
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.500.000.000.0031.50
Bare Feet Miles: 18.50Five Finger Sprints Miles: 10.00New Balance 790 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 12.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.50Weight: 187.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 Miles - 1:10 - Pace: 10 min/mile - Avg HR - 126 - Elevation: 700 ft

Wow, that was slow.  I started out slow because I was warming up and my feet felt a bit stiff.  
Also the ground felt really cold for the first 5-10 minutes since my feet were bare and it was in the 30's initially.  I was really focused on making this run as comfortable on my bare feet as possible as compared with the 5K I did on New Years which resulted in pain because I pushed the pace too hard.  That resulted in a really slow pace today because that's what felt best on my feet.  Really quick light steps, but not pushing the pace at all.

 The result is that my feet feel great and other than the warm up, and a few sections of  really gravelly road, my feet were comfortable the whole time.

Bare Feet Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 188.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

7.5 Miles - 1:01:05 - 8:08/mi. - HR: 155 avg - Elevation gain/loss: 912 Ft

"I shed my common sense, in exchgange for newer skin" - The impossibles - Plan B

That was a quote from the second song I listened to on the run.  They were one of my favorite bands when I was in high school...anybody heard of them?  Anyway, it just felt like such a fitting line for me that I couldn't get it out of my head.  I just kept thinking that's exactly what I do each time I go out for a barefoot run.

I usually run a lot faster when I listen to music.  Today that was definitely the case.  Tuesday I ran basically the same route but I did it 2 min/mile slower.  Today I just felt like going at a stronger pace the whole time.  I'm sure the music had a lot to do with that.

What a beautiful run!!  I feel so grateful for having a healthy body and being able to go run for an hour.  I just blasted some great music and cruised along on perfectly smooth sidewalks and streets barefoot, in 40 degrees, which was a fantastic temperature.  It feels like summer compared to last month.  My feet only took 3-4 minutes to get warm today.

Bare Feet Miles: 7.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 187.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

I finally broke through my 13.1 mile barrier today.

Total:  17 Miles - Pace:  ~9:42 - Time: ~2:45 - HR - 136 avg - Ascent/Descent: 1900 ft.

I met some of the guys from Your Castle Real Estate (the brokerage I have my license with) down at City Park to run this morning.  I got there about an hour early to get some additional time in.

I ran barefoot for a slow 4 miles or so.  It was pretty good most of the time, but there were sections of the path that were super rocky and painful.

I changed into my FiveFingers when I got back to the car for more comfort, and I met up with Charles Roberts, Drew Shope, and Pat Shamblin - and we ran a comfortable and easy 10 miles in various loops around the park.   I had a good time.  It's nice to have good company to run with occasionally.  I almost always run by myself (which I also love because I really enjoy doing my own thing and going my own pace a lot).

Then they left and I wanted to keep going a little longer because:

 

  1. I felt great
  2. I wanted to check the mileage on the smaller (3 mile) loop we did because I stopped my watch earlier on accident and 
  3. I wanted to test out my new 'New Balance 790's' that came in the mail yesterday.

I liked the 790's a lot.  Thanks jun and twinkies for the recommendation.  And what a deal, they are only $40! at Nordstrom right now.  Get them while they last (since they are not making them anymore)  

I would still prefer that the soles were a little more flat, but they are pretty close.  I also have pretty wide feet, and even though they are D width, I think they would be more comfortable wider.  I guess I'm just too accustomed to free roaming toes.  

On my last 3 mile loop I averaged 7:30 pace and it felt great!   It felt good to pick up the pace and go faster for a while after just cruising super easy for 2.5 hours at 10 min pace.  All of it was fun though.  I noticed it felt easier to go faster in the shoes.  They have good traction which helps on the snow sections.

 

Five Finger Sprints Miles: 10.00Bare Feet Miles: 4.00New Balance 790 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 186.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.500.000.000.0031.50
Bare Feet Miles: 18.50Five Finger Sprints Miles: 10.00New Balance 790 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 12.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.50Weight: 187.00
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